We’re having a mini real ale festival between 8-10 November, with over 10 real ales available all weekend.

It’s our real ale and real cider festival, with 30 different ales/ciders on throughout the weekend. The pub is open from 16:00 until 23:00 on Thursday and Friday, and from 12:00 until 23:00 on Saturday and Sunday. Pizzas are served from 18:30 until 22:00 on Thursday and Friday, and from 17:00 until 22:00 on Saturday and Sunday. Throughout the weekend, for £25 you can get five pints of real ale/cider (or ten half pints) and a pizza. Featured Breweries and Beers: Three Blind Mice Citra & Sabro – Pale Ale – [4.5%] – A Citra & Sabro hopped New England pale ale. Citra to the forefront on this delivering lots of tangerine & tropical fruit then followed up by the Sabro delivering coconut and more tropical fruit. £4.90/£2.45 Oakham Superdelic – Pale Ale – [4.2%] – Expect complex and intense ripe tropical fruit aromas and flavours before ripe mango, sweet berry, and citrus notes on the palate. £4.90/£2.45 Inferno – Golden Ale – [4%] – Flame gold in colour, this igniting ale flares complex fruits across your tongue leaving a dry fruity, thirst suppressing bitter finish. £4.90/£2.45 Mighty Oak Phoenix – Golden Ale – [4%] – Caramel and honey with a biscuity malt. £4.90/£2.45 Lacons Old Nogg – Old Ale – [6%] – A warming, mild bodied ale, with a slightly nutty flavour, this ale is based on a recipe from 1926 and aged for over 3 months before release. £6.00/£3.00 Imperial Stout – [8%] – Our brewer delved deep into the Lacons archive to create this 8.0% ABV Aged Ale which has been quietly ageing in cask until it reached maturity. £6.00/£3.00 Nethergate Wild Fox – Session Bitter – [4.2%] – Sweet, malty session ale with UK hop varietals. £4.90/£2.45 Stour Valley Gold – Golden Ale – [4.2%] – A light and refreshing golden ale brewed using fragrant citrus hops. A lovely floral aroma with a touch of spice early on and a mellow bitterness at the end. £4.90/£2.45 Humpty Dumpty Little Sharpie – Session Bitter – [3.8%] – Little Sharpie is our best-selling golden session bitter. A delicate hop aroma leads to a light, clean tasting finish. £4.90/£2.45 Mr Winters Rorschach – Stout – [4.5%] – This is stronger version of the Geniuss stout. £4.90/£2.45 Roundhouse – Strong IPA – [6.6%] – An English IPA. £4.90/£2.45 Azacca – Pale Ale – [4.5%] – Fruity pale ale. £4.90/£2.45 Evolution – American Pale Ale – [4%] – Session APA using four American hops. Tropical aromas dominate the nose with lemon and grapefruit flavours filling the palate. £4.90/£2.45 Mauldons Black Adder – Stout – [5.3%] – A dark bitter stout. Roast and nut aromas with a fruity balance of hops and dark malt provide an excellent lingering finish. £5.00/£2.50 Moon Gazer Nibbler – Brown Ale – [4%] – Ruby ale – malty overtones, rich, spicy aroma & full bodied. £4.90/£2.45 Ciders: All real ciders from the Snailsbank cidery in Herefordshire.  Fruit Bat – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Mango – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Rhubarb – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Damson in a Dress – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Biscoff – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Very Perry – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Toffee Apple – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Blood Orange – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Sloe Gin – 4%  £4.90/£2.45 Pig Squeal – 7%  £5.00/£2.50 Newton Court – Redstreak (5.8%) – A medium sweet cider  £5.00/£2.50 Sting Cider – Tuck’s Tipple (4.7%) – A pale medium sweet cider  £5.00/£2.50 Sting Cider – Tipsy Marian (6.8% – Dry cider  £5.00/£2.50 Newton Court – Little Owl (5.8%) – Little Owl is a is a medium-sweet cider, crafted from a blend of dessert fruit; Coxes orange pippin, Bramley & Russets which give a crisp and refreshing finish  £5.00/£2.50

Our third real ale festival will take place between 25 and 28 July 2024. We will have over 40 real ales and real ciders available from breweries including Adnams, Nethergate, Mauldons, Wolf Brewery, Humpty Dumpty, Three Blind Mice, Mr Winters, Lacons and many others. We are repeating our popular offer from our last beer festival where you can buy advance tickets (until 24 July) for £25 which include 5 pints (or ten half pints) and a pizza. You can buy these tickets with card or cash at the pub or on-line at: https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QDBN1M5M

Our beer festivals take place every other month and get a little bigger and better every time! This festival lasts from 23 to 26 May with ‘meet the brewer’ events on 23 May (Mighty Oak Brewery) and 26 May (Old Cannon Brewery). We’ve just won the CAMRA branch pub of the season and we also accept the 50p off CAMRA vouchers. For our second festival in May 2024, we’ll have over thirty different real ales and ciders. We have beers from Moon Gazer, Adnams, Lacons, Old Cannon Brewery Nethergate, Buxton, Oakham, Mauldons, Mighty Oak and several others. These include: Growling Dog Raspberry Milk Stout (Nethergate) Red Jaspa (Mighty Oak) Balmy Days (Adnams / Vocation Collab) Right to Roam (Buxton) Green and Pleasant Land (Nethergate) Full Steam Ahead (Mighty Oak) First Light (Lacons) Growling Dog Milk Stout (Nethergate) Cascade IPA (Mighty Oak) Outcast (Mighty Oak) Phoenix (Mighty Oak) Blonde (Old Cannon Brewery) Best Bitter (Old Cannon Brewery) Copper Head (Nethergate) Kings Citra Hop (Mighty Oak) Mortar Board (Mighty Oak) Stotart (Moon Gazer) Skidaddler (Moon Gazer) Cheeky Jack (Moon Gazer) Pintail (Moon Gazer) Nibbler (Moon Gazer) Jumper (Moon Gazer) Jigfoot (Moon Gazer) Our usual four permanent lines from Burwell Brewery will also be available. Not all beers will be available throughout the entire festival, but we’ll do our best to have a wide selection. We have advance tickets for £25 which get you five pints (or ten half pints) and a free pizza. You can pay by cash or card at the pub in advance (by 22 May for advance tickets) or pay at: ADVANCE SALE TICKETS NO LONGER AVAILABLE E-mail star@lidgatestar.co.uk for more information.